Multi-Platform Inspection Maintenance & Repair In Extreme Environment (MIMRee)

多平台巡检维护

• 批准号: 104821
• 金额: $ 380.67万
• 依托单位: WOOTZANO LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104821
• 关键词: Multi; Platform; Inspection; Maintenance; Repair

"**Project vision**The Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance & Repair in extreme environments (MIMRee) project will introduce a step-change in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms by removing humans from the loop during the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) of offshore wind turbine blades. The aim is to significantly reduce the costs and turbine downtime associated with these tasks and reduce the H&S risks of using rope access technicians.In this project, the multi autonomous platform approach will be demonstrated for a use case in offshore renewables; however, the developed autonomous vehicle surface vessel hub, Human-Machine Interface (HMI), robotic teaming and communications, and automated mission planning will also have applications in the offshore Oil & Gas, Search and Rescue and Defense sectors.**Key objectives*** Remove the need to send humans offshore to carry out wind turbine blade IMR tasks;* Remove the need to shut wind turbines down to carry out blade inspections;* Reduce the risk of using autonomous vehicles offshore to carry out asset IMR tasks;* Safely demonstrate a fully autonomous approach to blade IMR tasks in real-world operating conditions;* Establish the business case for using autonomous vehicles for blade IMR;* Develop a roadmap for transferring the MIMRee system to other relevant industries.**Main areas of focus**The developed MIMRee system will comprise of an Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) with capabilities to autonomously transport, charge and deploy UAVs and blade IMR robots at offshore wind farms. The UAVs will be developed to both autonomously inspect wind turbine blades and deploy blade IMR robots on stationary wind turbine blades. The blade IMR robot will be developed to conduct both autonomous NDT inspections and maintenance and repairs of wind turbine blades. Two-way communication with the ASV and on-board autonomous vehicles will be enabled by a HMI, enabling an onshore operator to both view gathered inspection data and issue automatically generated IMR mission plans. A novel sensor will be developed which can record images of moving wind turbine blades, which could be integrated with the UAVs and/or ASV. All technologies will be tested, validated and demonstrated in representative real-world conditions.**Project team**The project is led by Plant Integrity Limited who are collaborating with Thales UK Limited, Wootzano Limited, BladeBug Limited, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, Royal Holloway University of London and Royal College of Art to develop and demonstrate a prototype version of the MIMRee."

“** 项目愿景 ** 极端环境下的多平台检查、维护和维修（MIMRee）项目将在海上风电场的运营和维护（O&M）中引入一个步骤性变化，在海上风电涡轮机叶片的检查、维护和维修（IMR）过程中将人员从回路中移除。其目的是显著降低与这些任务相关的成本和涡轮机停机时间，并降低使用绳索进入技术人员的H&S风险。在该项目中，将针对海上可再生能源的用例演示多自主平台方法;然而，开发的自主车辆水面舰艇枢纽、人机界面（HMI）、机器人团队和通信，自动化使命规划也将应用于近海石油和天然气、搜索和救援以及国防部门。**关键目标 * 无需派遣人员到海上执行风力涡轮机叶片IMR任务;* 无需关闭风力涡轮机以执行叶片检查;* 降低使用海上自动驾驶车辆执行资产IMR任务的风险;* 安全地展示在真实操作条件下执行叶片IMR任务的完全自主方法;* 建立将自动驾驶汽车用于刀片IMR的商业案例;* 制定将MIMRee系统转移到其他相关行业的路线图。** ** 开发的MIMRee系统将包括一艘自主水面舰艇（ASV），能够自主运输、充电和部署无人机，并在海上风电场安装IMR机器人。无人机将被开发为自主检查风力涡轮机叶片和在固定的风力涡轮机叶片上部署叶片IMR机器人。将开发叶片IMR机器人，以进行自主无损检测以及风力涡轮机叶片的维护和修理。人机界面将实现与ASV和车载自动驾驶车辆的双向通信，使陆上操作员能够查看收集的检查数据并发布自动生成的IMR使命计划。将开发一种新的传感器，它可以记录移动的风力涡轮机叶片的图像，它可以与无人机和/或ASV集成。所有技术都将在具有代表性的现实条件下进行测试、验证和演示。**项目团队 ** 该项目由Plant Integrity Limited领导，该公司与Thales UK Limited、Wootzano Limited、BladeBug Limited、Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult、曼彻斯特大学、布里斯托大学、伦敦皇家霍洛威大学和皇家艺术学院合作，开发并演示MIMRee的原型版本。"